Winter Pine Cones

Hello and welcome to a new week of craftyness. Sorry this is a bit later than usual but as often on a Monday I'm playing catch up after the weekend. Today I am sharing a very simple card I made using some beautiful layered stencils...

For this card I used Altenew Classic Pine Stencils A & B. I used Tea Dye & Gathered Twigs Oxide Inks for the actual pinecones then Rustic Wilderness Ink for the leaves/branches. The sentiment is from Crafters Companion Glittering Snowflakes Winter Solstice Stamp & Die Set. I simply stamped it and die cut it using the matching die. To finish I added a few clear bubble embellishments.


Supplies;
Altenew Stencils - Classic Pine Cones
Crafters Companion Stamp & Die Set - Winter Solstice
Distress Oxide Inks - Gathered Twigs, Tea Dye, Rustic Wilderness
Clear Bubble Embellishments


Thank you so much for coming by today. I will be back tomorrow with another creation!

Kitty xx

Happy

Good morning fellow crafters! I hope you all had a fun bank holiday - lovely sunny weather here for us this time. I thought I would share my third and final card from my 'One Layer' project, it's nice and bright - the perfect start to the day...

For this card I used my Altenew Sketched Lines Stencil to create the background. I created a rainbow effect with the stencil using the following Distress Oxide Inks - Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn, Fossilized Amber & Abandoned Coral. I used Altenew Mega Brush Alpha Stamps to create the Happy sentiment. I also added a printed sentiment to finish. This one was also featured in Crafts Beautiful.


Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Mega Brush Alpha
Altenew Stencils - Sketched Lines
Distress Oxide Inks - Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn, Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral
Printed Sentiment


Thank you for stopping by today. I will be back tomorrow with another creation.

Kitty xx

Hello Sweet Friend

Hi crafters, I hope you are all coping in this heat we have in the UK right now! Today I am sharing another one of my one layered sentiment cards. I do love creating bright rainbow blends, they're so much fun...

This was part of my One Layer & Stencils project in Crafts Beautiful. I used my MFT Watercolor Wash  Stencil to create that fun shape. I blended lots of Distress Oxide Inks to create a rainbow background effect. I then placed my Time For Tea Chic Chevron Stencil over the top and again blended the same colours over the top to make it nice and bright! I created the sentiment using Altenew Mega Brush Alpha Stamps and simply stamped it directly on top.  I then splattered the whole thing with black and white inks with a touch of water. I added the sweet friend stamped sentiment and added Dew Drops to finish.


Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Mega Brush Alpha
My Favorite Things Stencil - Watercolor Wash Free Form
Time For Tea Stencil - Chic Chevrons
Distress Oxide Inks - Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry
Dew Drops


Thank you ever so much for stopping by. Stay safe in the heat, enjoy it or hibinate whichever you prefer! I will be back tomorrow.

Kitty xx

Love You

Hello crafty friends and welcome to a new week. It's going to be one of the hottest days ever for us in the UK today. I am working on some Christmas things but I am not sure how much I will get done in this heat! Today I am sharing a simple one layer card...

This card was made for my one layer stencilling project featured in Crafts Beautiful. I created the background using my Altenew Elegant Swirls Stencil along with a ton of Distress Oxide Inks! The colours I used are Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet. I used my Altenew Mega Brush Alpha Stamp Set to create the love you word. I added a sentiment from Time For Tea Designs and a few pearls to finish.


Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Mega Brush Alpha
Altenew Stencils - Elegant Swirls
Distress Oxide Inks - Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet

Time For Tea Designs Printed Sentiments
Pearls


Thank you for checking out my creation today. I will be back again soon with another card. Take care in the sun and have a great day everyone!

Kitty xx

Botanical Hello

Hello crafty friends. Today I am sharing another of my cards and tags that I made for my random act of kindness packs. I've done over 20 now but I have to go into hospital tomorrow so I may have a few days rest afterwards. I kept this one clean and simple and also made a matching tag...

For this card & tag I used Altenew Botanical Rhapsody Washi Tape. I simple placed it over the front of my card to use as a background. I lightly coloured in some of the flowers with my Copics. You have to be a bit careful doing this and not blend so much or it will run and ruin your card.  I used on of my current favourite dies for the sentiment Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Hello Dies. I layered it in dark grey and white card. I added a strip of patterned paper and some gems to finish. I used the same products for the tag but cut the shape using my Clearly Besotted Tag Along Dies. I also added some twine to the top.


Supplies;
Altenew Washi Tape - Botanical Rhapsody
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Design Hello
Clearly Besotted Dies - Tag Along
Copic Markers
Twine
Gems

Thank you ever so much for popping by today. I will be back tomorrow with my weekly Time for Tea Designs card. Have a great day!

Kitty

Simple Hugs

Hello lovely crafters and hello to the start of a new week! The kids are back to school, the shops are open and it feels like it's the start of normal life again. I have quite a few things to share with you this week so do come back each day. Today I am sharing a bright floral clean and simple card...

For this card I used Altenew Book Engravings Stamp Set for the flowers and leaves. I used Altenew Spring Bouquet Ink Set for the colours as they have the best pink and green combo. I used my Altenew Hello & Hugs Die Set to create the layered hugs sentiment. I created the background using Pink Fresh Studio Simply Hexagons Die. I die cut it from white card and simply layered it onto white card. I then splatters the background with some inks to add a bit more interest. To finish I added some clear bubbles.


Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Book Engravings
Altenew Dies - Hello & Hugs
Altenew Ink Cube Set - Spring Bouquet
Pink Fresh Studio Dies - Simply Hexagons
Coloured Card
Clear Bubbles


Thank you once again for popping by today and for your likes/comments on my media pages. I really appreciate every single one. I will be back tomorrow with another creation. Have a great day and stay safe wherever you are.

Kitty xx

Mother's Day Hugs

Hello crafty friends. Today's card was actually my prototype that I made. I actually went on to make over 300 of this card for a charity close to my heart. Each one was sent out on Mother's Day to mothers that don't have contact with their child due to PA. I received tons of comments from mothers who normally dread the day that were so cheered up by this, so I am happy that I contributed to making the day that bit easier. Here is the card...

For this card I used Altenew Rose Bouquet Stencil. I coloured the image with my Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Inks. I then splashed the background with some of the ink watered down. The sentiment stamps are from Avery Elle from the set called Simply Said Hugs. I then added some gems from Lucy's Little Things. I had to keep it simple of course making that many, especially as nearly all my cards are one offs! Thank god for my Misti & Media Mat!

Supplies;
Altenew Stencil - Rose Bouquet
Avery Elle Stamps - Simply Said Hugs
Distress Oxide Inks - Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron
Lucy's Little Things - Gems

Thank you ever so much for taking time to read my blog and for all your comments and likes on my SM pages. You guys rock! Have a great weekend and I will be back next week.

Kitty xx

Hello Beauty

Hello crafty friends! Today is a good day, the kids are finally back at school and it looks like there is a route out from the horrendous pandemic that has taken over our lives. So for me, a bit of normality is back and bonus the sun is out! Anyway onto crafting... today I am sharing another of my cards from my Masking Stamps & Frames project in Crafts Beautiful, this one is a rather bright one...

This card features some beautiful stamps from Altenew. As per the other card I again used my Altenew Geo Frames and Simple Beauty Stamp Set and did lots of masking and layering. I used Altenew Red Cosmos and Spring Bouquet Ink Cube Sets. For the sentiment I used Altenew Hello & Hugs Die Set.

Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Geo Frames, Simple Beauty
Altenew Ink Sets - Red Cosmos, Spring Bouquet
Versaclair Black Ink
Gina K Masking Magic


Thank you for popping by today, I hope you feel inspired to dig out some of your floral stamps and get masking! I will be back this week with another of my favourite box cards.

Kitty xx

My Heart Smiles

Good morning. It's a lovely sunny start to a fresh new week here - can't beat a bit of sunshine through my craft room window! Today I am stepping away from my usual cute style cards and sharing a floral card...

This one was featured in Crafts Beautiful for my Masking with Frames and Stamping project. I used my beautiful Altenew Simple Beauty Stamp Set for the flower. I used Altenew Spring Bouquet Mini Ink Cubes for the colours as they coordinate so beautifully. The frames are also from Altenew called Geo Frames Stamp Set. All I did was simply mask off the frame and stamp the flowers around it before removing the frame mask - easy!

Supplies;
Altenew Stamps - Simple Beauty, Geo Frames
Altenew Inks - Spring Bouquet Set
Versaclair Ink - Black
Gina K Masking Magic

Thank you all so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a great start to your week and I will be back with more crafy projects soon.

Kitty xx

Leafy Hugs

Good morning! So sorry I haven't been posting as many cards as usual. I have had sucha busy couple of weeks so I am now playing catch up. I did manage to create a quick one to share with you...

I had been waiting for these leaves to be back in stock so I snapped them up when I got the back in stock notification! These are the Altenew Leaf Mix Die Set. I cut them from The Stamp Market Cardstock and arranged them onto a Kraft Card background. I used Altenew Hello & Hugs Die Set for the sentiment. I added some Nuvo Drops to the background and used Gelly Roll Pen in Black for the dots. I finished by added a roughly hand drawn frame with a black pen.

Supplies;
Altenew Dies - Leaf Mix, Hello & Hugs
The Stamp Market Cardstock
Papermania Kraft Card
Nuvo Drops - White
Gelly Roll Pen - Glaze Black

Thank you for joining me today. I will be back to share more creations very soon.

Kitty xx

Floral Hello

 Hello crafty friends! Today I am back to share a simple floral card that was featured in Crafts Beautiful Magazine. This is my second card from my Layered Die Cuts project...

For this card I used Altenew Rose Flurries Dies. I cut them from coloured card and layered them together. I used Reverse Confetti Diagonal Stitches Die for the background and added a little Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. The hello is die cut and layered using MFT Die-namics Hello Dies. I finished by adding some clear raindrops and mounted onto card.

Supplies;
Altenew Dies - Rose Flurries Dies
Reverse Confetti Dies - Diagonal Stitches
MFT Die-namics Dies - Hello
Distress Oxide Inks - Tumbled Glass
Lucy's Little Things - Clear Raindrops
Coloured Card

As always, thank you for joining me today. Have a great day in the sunshine and I will be back soon.

Kitty xx

Layered Rose Hugs

Hello crafty friends. Today I am sharing a simple card that was featured in Crafts Beautiful Magazine....

For this card I used Altenew Rose Flurries Dies. I coloured them with my Copics as I couldn't find coordinating coloured card. I then layered them up to create the 3d look. I created the background using a Clearly Besotted Stencil called Starry Sky with a little grey ink. The sentiments are both from Avery Elle - Simply Said  Hugs Stamp Set & Hugs Dies. I mounted the panel onto a M&C Stitched Scallop Rectangle then onto a card blank.

Supplies;
Altenew Dies - Rose Flurries
M&C Dies - Stitched Scallop Rectangles
Avery Elle Dies - Hugs
Avery Elle Stamps - Simply Said hugs
Clearly Besotted Stencil - Starry Sky
Copic Markers
Coloured Card

That's all from me today but I hope you will join me again this week when I post more of my creations. Take care everyone and see you soon.

Kitty xx

Thankful For You

 Today I thought I would share a quick clean and simple card that I made the other day. I was inpired by my lovely friend Michelle at the Card Grotto to create this card...

I created the background of this card by blending Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold & Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Inks. I then embossed my Altenew Rose Bouquet Stencil over the top in my die cutting machine. I trimmed own my panel and added a strip of striped card onto the left. I used my new Simon Says Stamp Thankful Die for the main sentiment. I also added a Jen Hadfield Sentiment Sticker underneath. To finish I added some sequins and gems from Lucy's Little Things.

Supplies;
Altenew Stencil - Rose Bouquet
Simon Says Stamp Die - Thankful
Distress Oxide Inks - Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade
Jen Hadfield - Sentiment Sticker
MFT Paper Pad - Stripes
Liucy's Little Things - Sequins & Gems

Thank you for stopping by and thank you again to Michelle for inspiring me to create this card. I will be back soon.

Kitty xx

Sending Hugs Your Way

Hello! Another new start to the week, lovely sunshine here so I thought I would share a bright colourful card. I recently got some new stencils and I have been loving using stencils lately so I was keen to play with them. Here is my rainbow stencil card...

For this card I created the background using Altenew Elegant Swirls Stencil. I used Distress Oxide Inks to create a rainbow effect with the stencil. The colours I used are Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet. I used Concord & 9th Hexagon Label Dies to create my shaped sentiment panel. I mounted it onto some glitter card. I used my new Jumbo Lingo Hugs Die by Birch Press Designs. I have been after this die for ages so I'm so happy I finally have it and I couldn't wait to use it. I also added some Clear Raindrop Embellishments.

Supplies;

Altenew Stencils - Elegant Swirls

Birch Press Studio Dies - Jumbo Lingo Hugs

Concord & 9th Dies - Hexagon Labels

Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet

Coloured Card

Clear Raindrops

Thank you for stopping by & I will be back soon.

Kitty xx

Sending A Smile

Hi all,

Today I am sharing a colourful card that I made this week. I have been trying out some new styles of cards to broaden my skills and here is one of them using my favourite colour palette of the moment...

For this card I created the background using Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks and blended them together. Next I went over the top with a stencil using the same colours adding more pressure to get a darker colour. I then used my Altenew Simple Beauty Stamped Set and stamped each of the sketched flower in the two corners. I used my MFT Die-namics Die for the Smile word. I cut this out several times and layered it together.. I added a heat embossed sentiment using the MFT Stamps Smile Maker Stamp Set. I added a couple of strips of striped paper to balance out the black and white. I finished by adding some gems and jewels. I had so much fun making these backgrounds so watch this space for more! Ps - sorry this picture is a bit blurry my camera doesn't want to play ball at the moment.

Supplies;

Altenew Stamps - Simple Beauty

MFT Stamps - Smile Maker

MFT Dies - Smile

Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio

Lucy's Little Things - Gems & Pearls

Patterned Paper

I hope you enjoy yuour weekend and I will catch you all soon.

Kitty xx

Friend Like No Other

Hi all,

I'm back, two days in a row check me out! I have been creating behind the scenes to keep me busy so I have a few extra cards to share with you. Today I am sharing a clean and simple floral card using the spotlight stamping technique...

It's been a while since I have done any spotlight stamping and as I got some new Altenew Stamps recently, I thought they would be perfect for that. For this card I used Altenew Simple Beauty Stamp Set. It's such a fab set and I really must add some more Altenew Stamps to my collection. I stamped all over the background with the outline stamp. I stamped my main flower in the corner and used the layering stamps in the set to create the pink flower. I added a sentiment sticker from a Jen Hadfield sticker sheet. I added some striped paper and a strip of black card to the side. I finished by added some pearls.

Supplies;

Altenew Stamps - Simple Beauty

Altenew Inks - Spring Bouquet Set

Jen Hadfield Sticker Sheet

Patterned Paper

Cardstock

Pearls

I will be back soon with more creations. Stay safe and well everyone!

Kitty

Wonder Flowers

It's Monday again! ell at least I know what day of the week it is right now. Today I am sharing a quick card that I made with some of my new Altenew Stamps...

 

I have really got into making flower cards lately which makes a change from my usual cute style. It's nice to mix it up every so often though. So for this card I used Altenew Simply Beauty Stamp & Die Set. I used my new Altenew Inks to stamp with and stamp the coloured layers. I mounted them onto a plaid background paper. I used my new PinkFresh Studio Phrase Builder Dies for the main sentiment. I added a small 'you are' stamped sentiment too which I think is from a WPlus9 Stamp set. I added some Clear Raindrops from Lucy's Cards to finish.

Supplies;

Altenew Stamps & Dies - Simple Beauty

Altenew Inks -  Spring Bouquet

PinkFresh Studio Dies - Phrase Builder You

Lucy's Cards Little Things - Clear Raindrops

Patterned Paper

Coloured Card

Hope you all have a lovely week.

Kitty xx

Miss Your Smile

What a beautiful sunny day it is here, still very chilly but nice to see some light! I'm delighted as my husband as been so busy over the past few weeks moving rooms around in our house. I finally now have a craft room!!!! It's a tiny office size room  but it's a craft room and all mine. It's so much brighten than having it all under the stairs in our lounge. It s till needs painting but it's all in now just needs a bit more sorting. Anyway onto today's card that I whipped up in my new room...

To create this card I created the background using Altenew Fine Frames Diamond Dies - loving the geo trend again! The flowers are a Altenew Washi Tape called Botanical Rhapsody . I coloured them with Copics and cut them out to look like a stamped image. I arranged them onto the left side of the card and popped them on foam pads. I used MFT Hello Die for the die cut sentiment. I also added a stamped sentiment from WPlus9 That Is All Stamp Set. I flicked some brown watercolour paint onto the background to add a inky splatter.

Supplies;

Altenew Washi Tape - Botanical Rhapsody

Altenew Dies - Fine Frame Diamonds

MFT Stamps Dies - Hello

WPlus9 Stamps - That Is All

Copic Markers

Coloured Card

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Floral Friends

Hi all,

Another dark and gloomy afternoon here - after lovely sunshine this morning too! Today's card isn't a cutesy card, shock! I do love to create simple floral cards and really should do them more. I had forgotten to blog this one so I thought I best add it...

For this card I die cut the background using MFT Dies Wonky Stitched Rectangles. I gently blended some Tea Dye Distress Oxide and added some ink splats with a brush. I added a strip of striped paper and mounted onto black card. I die cut the MFT Dienamics Dies Friends using Gold Glitter Card. The flowers are Altenew Floral Flurries Washi Tape that I placed onto white card and cut out. I layered them in place on the card with foam pads.

Supplies;

Altenew Washi Tape - Floral Flurries

MFT Dienamics Dies - Stitched Wonky Rectangles, Friends

MFT Paper Pad - Black & White Stripes

Distress Oxide Ink - Tea Dye

Coloured & Glitter Card

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Mission Control

Hi all,

Today I am sharing another quick card that I made with some of the ready coloured images I found in my stash. This time it's this super cute astronaut...

This really was a quick make! The background is actually one of the fabulous Washi Tapes from Altenew. The stamps are by MFT Stamps called Space Explorer and I coloured them with Copics. I then added some metallic silver colour onto wooden stars using my Giotto Metallic Makers.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx